Middle School Library: 8th Grade

List of database passwords

Here are some basic guidelines for formatting a paper in MLA Style

CIVIL WAR PROJECT

PROJECT GUIDELINES
PROJECT DUE DATES: Pod 1 / Pod 2 / Pod 3 / Pod 4 / Pod 5
Sample Note Card

Sample Essay (with in-text citations)
Style Sheet (this will answer most of your how-to questions about parenthetical citations)
Common Errors with in-text citations

Tech Tips

PROJECT RESOURCES

Keep track of your sources AS YOU FIND THEM using NoodleTools.  

NOTE: If you find your own website using a search engine, you MUST fill out a website evaluation questionnaire! Make sure to leave ample time to have Ms. Molina review it!

• Databases shown in class:​
  • African-American History​ (Primary, Secondary) 
  • American Women’s History (Primary, Secondary)
  • Daily Life Through History (Primary, Secondary)
  • Gale eBooks (Secondary)
  • ​Gilder Lehrman: American History, 1493-1945 (Primary)
  • Issues & Controversies in History (Primary, Secondary)
  • Smithsonian Primary Sources (Primary)
• Additional databases:
  • ​Oxford Reference (Secondary)
  • Gale OneFile: U.S. History (Secondary)
  • Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism (Secondary)
• Websites (cannot use until you have found three secondary sources and one primary source from the databases)
  • ​African American Civil War Museum
  • American Civil War Museum
  • American Battlefield Trust
  • Library of Congress
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Park Service: The Civil War
  • New York Times
  • The Rockwell Museum
  • Smithsonian
• Online Encyclopedia
  • World Book Student
• Print Resources
  • There are 90+ print resources available, including primary sources. To find them, search the library catalog or ask Ms. Molina for recommendations.

Encyclopedias:

• Britannica Academic
• Britannica Escolar
• World Book
• World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

Database:

• Gale OneFile: Informe Academico

Images:

• Creative Commons
• Picryl

For general information:

• Britannica School (online encyclopedia)
• World Book (online encyclopedia)

For more specific information:

• Oxford Music Online (database)
• Gale OneFile: Fine Arts (database)
  • On the main page, under "Search Tools," choose "Topic Finder"
  • Put search terms in the search bar and click around the topics that appear below!
• Oxford Reference (database)
• Naxos Music Library (database)

For images:

• Creative Commons
• Picryl

Please consult this document for help deciding what informational boxes to fill out within Noodle Tools.

Please use either Creative Commons or Picryl to find images